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Listen in the NPR app, wherever you get your podcasts. On the Planet Money podcast, you've seen them, those labels that say made in China or made in France. But what do they really mean?

Listen in the NPR app, wherever you get your podcasts. On the Planet Money podcast, you've seen them, those labels that say made in China or made in France. But what do they really mean?

The reaction was it can't possibly work like that. That can't possibly be right.

The reaction was it can't possibly work like that. That can't possibly be right.

The reaction was it can't possibly work like that. That can't possibly be right.

We dig into the delightfully convoluted rules behind country of origin. What makes, say, a Chinese product Chinese and how companies facing tariffs are getting creative. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.

We dig into the delightfully convoluted rules behind country of origin. What makes, say, a Chinese product Chinese and how companies facing tariffs are getting creative. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.

We dig into the delightfully convoluted rules behind country of origin. What makes, say, a Chinese product Chinese and how companies facing tariffs are getting creative. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.

You know, I think that R2 unit we bought might have been stolen. What makes you think that? I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says he belongs to someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. I thought he might have meant old Ben. Do you know what he's talking about? Hmm.

You know, I think that R2 unit we bought might have been stolen. What makes you think that? I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says he belongs to someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. I thought he might have meant old Ben. Do you know what he's talking about? Hmm.

You know, I think that R2 unit we bought might have been stolen. What makes you think that? I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says he belongs to someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. I thought he might have meant old Ben. Do you know what he's talking about? Hmm.

I wonder if he's related to Ben. That wizard's just a crazy old man. Tomorrow I want you to take that R2 unit to Anchor Head and have its memory erased. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now.

I wonder if he's related to Ben. That wizard's just a crazy old man. Tomorrow I want you to take that R2 unit to Anchor Head and have its memory erased. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now.

I wonder if he's related to Ben. That wizard's just a crazy old man. Tomorrow I want you to take that R2 unit to Anchor Head and have its memory erased. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now.

But what if this Obi-Wan comes looking for it?

But what if this Obi-Wan comes looking for it?

But what if this Obi-Wan comes looking for it?

He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father.

He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father.

He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father.